On the surface Nursery Land seems an idyllic place, but underneath crime and murky deeds are rife! The Nursery Crime series parodies popular nursery rhymes in the style of film noir / detective stories. The plays can be purchased and performed as individual tales, or (at a discount) purchased and performed as the complete series.

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Nursery Crimes - The conspiracy theories behind the 'accidental' demise of Humpty Dumpty!
More Nursery Crimes - Puss in Boots, PI, investigates the case of Cinderella's stolen slipper!
Nursery Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) - Solomon Grundy: A case of identity theft?
Nursery Crimes: Four and Twenty - Agent Jack has a single day to save some billy goats from a troll!
Nursery Crimes: The Da Wincey Code - Hansel and Gretel attempt to decifer the Incey da Wincey codel
Nursery Crimes: The Eggs Files - The secret files of Humpty Dumpty could prove revealing...
Nursery Crimes: The Compendium - All six Nursery Crimes cases!

Nursery Crimes
2m 1f
Running Time: 10 mins approx
Did he fall or was he pushed? That is the question on everyone’s lips! Rumours are rife. The theories are wild and fanciful and no-one is above suspicion! However, Bill the Private Eye is on the case. Can he and Goldie solve the puzzle?
This short play takes a fun alternative look at nursery rhymes.
Licensing: This script is published through Lazy Bee Scripts. To read the whole script on line and to make an application to perform the show please visit Lazy Bee Scripts

More Nursery Crimes
or Puss in Boots and the Case of the Stolen Slipper
3m 2f (or 4m and 1f)
Running Time: 10 mins approx
There is consternation at court! The famed slipper belonging to Princess Cinderella has been stolen! The Palace guards suspect the identity of the thief but do they have the right man? Enter private investigator extraordinaire, Puss In Boots to solve the baffling crime! A short crime story in film noir style, set in Nursery Land!
Licensing: This script is published through Lazy Bee Scripts. To read the whole script on line and to make an application to perform the show please visit Lazy Bee Scripts

Nursery Crime Scene Investigation
2m 2f
Running Time: 10 mins approx
Solomon Grundy lived a brief life, but even that has been cut short.  Nursery Land CSI Tommy has to find the evidence and unmask Grundy's killer. Another case in the Nursery Crimes series.
Licensing: This script is published through Lazy Bee Scripts. To read the whole script on line and to make an application to perform the show please visit Lazy Bee Scripts

Nursery Crimes: Four and Twenty
5m 1f
Running Time: 20 mins approx
It is Special Agent Jack Horner’s first week on the CTU (Counter Trolls Unit) and he is just about to face the toughest four and twenty hours of his career!
Licensing: This script is published through Lazy Bee Scripts. To read the whole script on line and to make an application to perform the show please visit Lazy Bee Scripts

Nursery Crimes: The Da Wincey Code
5 performers
Running Time: 30 mins approx
Hansel and Gretel attempt to track down the truth behind the famous Incey Da Wincey conspiracy stories. What did the celebrated web artist know about the ‘Narrator’ and the ‘Index’? Could Nursery Land really just be a series of stories in a book? Can they solve the mystery before they are silenced by sinister forces who want the secret protected forever?
Licensing: This script is published through Lazy Bee Scripts. To read the whole script on line and to make an application to perform the show please visit Lazy Bee Scripts
Winner of Outstanding production award at Soothfest 2008 (Ontario, Canada)

Nursery Crimes – The Eggs File
6 Performers (mixed gender)
Running Time: 15 mins approx
Business is slow for Fairytale PI, Puss in Boots. All that changes when he is handed a set of files belonging to the late Humpty Dumpty.  Puss is drawn into a complex web of intrigue and conspiracy involving the FBI (Fairyland Bureau of Investigation), the 3 Pigs Construction Empire and the Big Bad Wolf.  Another case in the Nursery Crimes series.
Licensing: This script is published through Lazy Bee Scripts. To read the whole script on line and to make an application to perform the show please visit Lazy Bee Scripts

Nursery Crimes: The Compendium
The full set of all six Nursery Crimes plays is also available in a compendium pack (offering a discount on script and performance rights).
Licensing: This script is published through Lazy Bee Scripts. To read the whole script on line and to make an application to perform the show please visit Lazy Bee Scripts

After experimenting we've realised that the songs in our musical of Nursery Crimes actually detracted from the dialogue, so we're adapting it instead into a full-length comedy play! For more information please email Damian.

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